David Dunham wrote:
>
> Here is the official word on photocopying:
- -.
> (And my personal, unofficial words: photocopying portions means things like
> player handouts, maps, etc. -- not "all but page 36 which is a full page
> Dave Dobyski illo." The chance of reprints is a major reason why it's not
> OK to copy out of print works -- the viability of this goes down the more
> unauthorized copies are out there.)
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Given, IMVHO, that such swapping has kept RQ and Glorantha alive for
far longer than anyone, even a Asrelian with Raw Greed, would have
guessed; and that, apart from reprinting half of "new works" with
old material (suitably "remastered") such as RoC and Trollpack, and the
fanzines, we have seen nothing of low cost reprints. I mention the low
cost because all the work on such items has been done (apart from
figuring out the copyright and paying lawyers!). The fans over the
last ten years, after RQ3 obviously wasn't going to be huge, could
have done with less gloss and some older reprints (as well as
Sun County, etc.!)
So, I think that the "don't photocopy because we may want to reprint
it someday and we don't think you'll buy it if you've photocopied
it" is unadulterated ####. Explain that we'll be drawn and quartered
in the courts for doing it , tell us that Llankhor Mhy will burn out our
brains, etc. But don't come that <wild words filled with expletives
deleted>.
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Robert
PS. I also believe that this list has kept RQ/Glorantha alive as
well. However, I also believe that there are quite a few people
playing RQ that do *not* subscribe/read this list - or there were
anyway :-(
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